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Jos Gommans

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Jozef Johannes Leon Gommans, shortened to Jos J. L. Gommans (born 1 April 1963) is a Dutch historian.

He was born in Venlo. Studying at the Catholic University of Nijmegen and Leiden University, he graduated in 1987.[1] From 1989 to 1993 he was a research fellow for the Dutch Research Council. He was appointed as associate professor of South Asian history at Leiden University in 1993, gaining professorship in 2011.[2]

Gommans is known for the books The Rise of the Indo-Afghan Empire, 1710-1780 (Oxford University Press, 1999) and Mughal Warfare: Indian Frontiers and High Roads to Empire (Routledge, 2002).[3] [4][5][6][7][8] He has also sat on the editorial boards of the Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient (also editor-in-chief), Itinerario and Rijksmuseum Bulletin.[3] He is a fellow of Academia Europaea.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Jozef Johannes Leon (Jos) Gommans". Dutch Studies on South Asia, Tibet and classical Southeast Asia. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Jos Gommans". Academia Europaea. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Jos Gommans - Biography". Academia Europaea. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  4. ^ Stephen F. Dale (2004). "Review". The International History Review. 26 (3): 607–609. Retrieved 15 September 2024 – via JStor.
  5. ^ Markus Vink (2003). "Review". Itinerario. 27 (1): 117–121. doi:10.1017/S0165115300020349. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  6. ^ Charles C. Kolb (2005). "Review". Canadian Journal of History. doi:10.3138/cjh.40.1.158. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  7. ^ Stephen P. Blake (2004). "Review". The American Historical Review. 109 (2): 501–502. doi:10.1086/ahr/109.2.501. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  8. ^ Seema Alavi (2005). "Review". Modern Asian Studies. 39: 504–506. Retrieved 15 September 2024 – via ProQuest.